Utility Services; Domestic Violence Victims.

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§ 48-a. Utility services; domestic violence victims. Every utility corporation shall allow a person who is under a shared contract with such utility corporation and who is a victim of domestic violence, to opt-out of such contract without charge when such person requests to opt-out in writing and provides to such utility corporation any of the following documents, which shall relate to such domestic violence, within six months of the document's issuance: (a) a valid domestic violence incident report form, as such term is defined in subdivision fifteen of section eight hundred thirty-seven of the executive law; (b) a valid police report; (c) a valid order of protection; (d) a signed affidavit from a licensed medical or mental health care provider, employee of a court acting within the scope of his or her employment, social worker, a rape crisis counselor, as defined in section forty-five hundred ten of the civil practice law and rules, or advocate acting on behalf of an agency that assists domestic violence victims. A claim for opting-out of such contract without charge shall be made in good faith. Such utility corporation shall waive the otherwise applicable charges for such person requesting to opt-out of such contract.



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